Comments on: Monolingual http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/ For Mac Geeks by Mac Geeks Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:28:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/comment-page-1/#comment-93864 Matt Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:46:58 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/#comment-93864 That should be a way to clean up hard drive of files that you don't need. But I would nt mess with those files instead get the things i don't need onto some external hard drive or upgrade the system. Storage is not too expensive these days. That should be a way to clean up hard drive of files that you don’t need. But I would nt mess with those files instead get the things i don’t need onto some external hard drive or upgrade the system. Storage is not too expensive these days.

]]> By: David http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/comment-page-1/#comment-92568 David Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:37:59 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/#comment-92568 I never go that idea. Al most every program we install has files for supporting other languages taking up our disk space. Thank you for referring the program to delete those files. I never go that idea. Al most every program we install has files for supporting other languages taking up our disk space. Thank you for referring the program to delete those files.

]]> By: Olly http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/comment-page-1/#comment-37193 Olly Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:12:51 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/#comment-37193 One thing to bear in mind with the ability to remove unneeded architecture is that it'll change the checksum on the app which can mess up some online software, particularly games with all their cheat protection. World of Warcraft is a notable example, and after accidentally running it on that I had to download a couple of gigs of patches and reinstall to get it working again. One thing to bear in mind with the ability to remove unneeded architecture is that it’ll change the checksum on the app which can mess up some online software, particularly games with all their cheat protection. World of Warcraft is a notable example, and after accidentally running it on that I had to download a couple of gigs of patches and reinstall to get it working again.

]]> By: jim ormiston http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/comment-page-1/#comment-37182 jim ormiston Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:57:12 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/#comment-37182 The major problem with monolingual is this- having installed and used monolingual to remove the unwanted languages I ran into a big problem when I went to install the last security update. No matter how many times I tried to install the security update, it just would not install! It turned out that the missing languages were requiered for this install to work. After re-installing the languages, and repairing permissions, it finally installed correctly, the security update. Sometimes it`s just wrong to fiddle around with things in your system as it can cause a great deal of frustration for you, regards, Jim. Scotland. ps. enjoying the shows. The major problem with monolingual is this- having installed and used monolingual to remove the unwanted languages I ran into a big problem when I went to install the last security update. No matter how many times I tried to install the security update, it just would not install! It turned out that the missing languages were requiered for this install to work. After re-installing the languages, and repairing permissions, it finally installed correctly, the security update. Sometimes it`s just wrong to fiddle around with things in your system as it can cause a great deal of frustration for you,
regards, Jim.
Scotland.
ps. enjoying the shows.

]]> By: chris2x http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/comment-page-1/#comment-37175 chris2x Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:02:44 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/#comment-37175 One word of clarification, removing a language does not mean you can't see documents in that language or even type in that language (that is controlled by the input menu). I have studied a few languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin, Turkish, Russian and Swahili) but I still don't want to use an application with the buttons, menus and prompts in that language. In that case I can still delete them. One word of clarification, removing a language does not mean you can’t see documents in that language or even type in that language (that is controlled by the input menu). I have studied a few languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin, Turkish, Russian and Swahili) but I still don’t want to use an application with the buttons, menus and prompts in that language. In that case I can still delete them.

]]> By: BruceG http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/comment-page-1/#comment-37174 BruceG Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:50:10 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/#comment-37174 Last month I downloaded and ran Monolingual on my G4 Powerbook, running OS 10.4.8 at the time, with no trouble. I decided to remove the more exotic/esoteric languages such as mentioned in Chris's article, but retained the primary romance languages: French, Italian and Spanish, plus German, since I work with a foreign affairs agency that provides web-based and print-based translations of these languages on U.S. government issues. I also kept basic Chinese. Don't know why, 'cept it's probably the most widely used on earth next to English. Who knows, maybe I'll I'll take a language course in the near future. Although I did not achieve the amount of additional storage space as mentioned, I did come in slightly under a gig. Last month I downloaded and ran Monolingual on my G4 Powerbook, running OS 10.4.8 at the time, with no trouble.

I decided to remove the more exotic/esoteric languages such as mentioned in Chris’s article, but retained the primary romance languages: French, Italian and Spanish, plus German, since I work with a foreign affairs agency that provides web-based and print-based translations of these languages on U.S. government issues.

I also kept basic Chinese. Don’t know why, ‘cept it’s probably the most widely used on earth next to English. Who knows, maybe I’ll I’ll take a language course in the near future.

Although I did not achieve the amount of additional storage space as mentioned, I did come in slightly under a gig.

]]> By: Tim Dearborn http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/comment-page-1/#comment-37170 Tim Dearborn Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:34:41 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/#comment-37170 The above code was posted correctly. Please note that the command is a single line. Also note that when the code runs, it will display each localization file which it is deleting, along with the message "No such file or directory". This is normal. The above code was posted correctly. Please note that the command is a single line. Also note that when the code runs, it will display each localization file which it is deleting, along with the message “No such file or directory”. This is normal.

]]> By: Tim Dearborn http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/comment-page-1/#comment-37168 Tim Dearborn Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:30:23 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/#comment-37168 Below is a script which you can run in the terminal which will remove all languages except English (US). I have used this on several machines without problems, including my main laptop and production servers. However, use at your own risk and of course, have a backup. (I will post back as to whether all the slashes and characters are displayed correctly in the comment. <code> sudo find / \( -name *.lproj -and \! \( -name English.lproj -or -name en.lproj -or -name en_US.lproj \) \) -exec rm -rf \{\} \; </code> Below is a script which you can run in the terminal which will remove all languages except English (US). I have used this on several machines without problems, including my main laptop and production servers. However, use at your own risk and of course, have a backup. (I will post back as to whether all the slashes and characters are displayed correctly in the comment.

sudo find / \( -name *.lproj -and \! \( -name English.lproj -or -name en.lproj -or -name en_US.lproj \) \) -exec rm -rf \{\} \;

]]> By: dbtodd http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/comment-page-1/#comment-37145 dbtodd Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:45:55 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/03/28/monolingual/#comment-37145 The Mac maintainence program <a href="http://www.atomicbird.com/macaroni" rel="nofollow">Macaroni</a> handles this as well. Saved me a ton of space and checks my system once a month for new languages installed by new apps.  The Mac maintainence program Macaroni handles this as well. Saved me a ton of space and checks my system once a month for new languages installed by new apps. 

]]>